The JDS Newsletter

On Getting Dirty in Amritsar

A sweaty dispatch from a very long journey through India

Mar 28 • Joshua David Stein

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Meet the Man Who Makes Everyone Smell Weird and Sexy

In the studio with cult parfumier of the arcane, David Moltz of DS & Durga

Mar 25 • Joshua David Stein

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February 2026

A Long Love Affair with the Tuna Melt

Inside one man's one-sided love affair with the most unsung of all sandwiches

Feb 11 • Joshua David Stein

Are you cold and/or lonely and/or bored?

Come see the Band Books today at the New York Public Library at 3pm

Feb 7 • Joshua David Stein

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Dispatches from Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

A very special illustrated report in collaboration with Zovi

Feb 3 • Joshua David Stein

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January 2026

See Me, Read Me, Feed Me

Some JDS events on the near horizon

Jan 28 • Joshua David Stein

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The Secret Poetry of “The Stranger Things Cookbook”

Along the five year journey of my newest cookbook, some poems were lost…until now.

Jan 21 • Joshua David Stein

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December 2025

The Rest of the Best Things I Ate This Year

Fried cheese, picanha au poivre , a scotch egg and other delicious bites from around the country

Dec 31, 2025 • Joshua David Stein

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An Epic Year Deserves an Epic Review

This is perhaps the longest thing I’ve written all year. It’s as much for me to remember as it is for you to read.

Dec 28, 2025 • Joshua David Stein

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#36-#45 of the Best 100 Things I Ate in the Last Six Months of the 25th Year of the Third Millennium after the Birth of Our Lord

Including fancy hot dogs, reinvented egg salad and 10,000 calories at a Sacramento bakery

Dec 26, 2025 • Joshua David Stein

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Ten More of the Best 100 Things I Ate in the Last 6 Months of the year 2025

In drips and drabs, we approach the apotheosis of best things this mans has eaten this year.

Dec 19, 2025 • Joshua David Stein

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The First 25 of the Best 100 Things I Ate in the Second Half of 2025

I have more food than I do patience. This is part one of a four part series.

Dec 17, 2025 • Joshua David Stein

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